The deteriorating law and order
situation in Pakistan is a result of the tyrannical political system, which does
not provide security of life, honor, and property to the huge population.

The law and order situation arises when
there is insecurity from all corners of the country and violence interrupting
the conduct of life and businesses in a society.

The violence may take place due to
religious, sectarian extremism, labor unions' strikes, boycotts, lockouts, and
ethnic, racial, linguistic strife.

Adverse law and order conditions
created difficulties for the economy, which has been hit by energy and food
shortages. The situation has slowed down the process of investment in the
country, and created massive unemployment, poverty, hunger, and health issues.

Various unbecoming incidents of bomb
explosions, suicide bombing, and targeted killing at the public places by
extremists, militants, and radical elements and killing of innocent civilians by
the miscreants show that law and order situation is adversely affecting society
and the economy.

Our best gifted students are leaving
Pakistan for good due to unpredictability of jobs and insecurity to their life
and property in their homeland. The curse of brain drain is greatly depriving
the country of the best intellectuals.

Pakistan has a lot of investment
potential, which could not be fully exploited because of the deteriorating law
and situation in the country. The economy of Pakistan is in disorderly
conditions. The investors fear of losing their investment due to continuous
terrorist activities.

Despite day to day ethnic encounters
and sectarian conflicts, huge rise in various criminal activity and rising
insurgencies, both political and military policymakers have failed to bring the
state to normalcy.

The worst victims of degenerating law
and order in the country are the poverty stricken and downtrodden people.
Therefore, it requires attention that any examination of the affect of law and
order on economic condition must start with the security of the poorer section
in the society.

No study of economic situation is fully
complete without taking into consideration three related economic indicators
such as poverty, unemployment, inflation especially food inflation. All these
indicators currently are not showing any good sign in Pakistan.

Despite a massive revenue loss of over
and above Rs25 billion due to law and order situation in Karachi, the Federal
Board of Revenue (FBR) has managed to collect Rs1270 billion during July-March
(2011-12) against Rs1020 billion in the corresponding period last fiscal year.
The ongoing disturbed law and order situation in Karachi has, otherwise,
adversely affected the revenue collection of the FBR.

There is the need of forceful reforms
and the restructuring and revitalizing of the law enforcement agencies matched
with capacity building of the forces to fight against criminals and target
killers with revived zeal and commitment.

Those found involved in extremely
wicked crimes should be given exemplary punishments and no mercy should be shown
to them. The law enforcement agencies should take action against the
perpetrators by dismissing all political affiliations.

Deweaponization campaigns must be
launched across the board in the troubled cities in a bid to effectively flush
out the miscreants of illegal weapons. The federal and provincial governments
should establish coordination and improve intelligence sharing to track down the
miscreants and target killers.

The role of police force in this
context is vital for maintaining law and order situation in Pakistan. Weak and
blemished law enforcement capacity in the federally administered tribal areas
(FATA) and the adjacent Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have no doubt helped to crush
somewhat Pakistani Taliban and other terrorist groups but they need to do more
in totally crushing these elements.

Police is in pathetic condition. It is
ill-equipped, badly trained, thoroughly politicized, and corrupt. It has
performed well in certain major operations. Overall, however, that is an
uncommon phenomenon. The government has failed to invest extravagantly in law
enforcement reform and sophistication.

There is an urgent need for increasing
the security setup in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas that include armed
forces in support of police, and paramilitary forces to prevent deterioration of
law and order in the most sensitive areas.

The established community police force
in the tribal areas needs to be involved into the mainstream of local
administration of law and order and other areas may also be considered for
having such community force.

Modern training with sophisticated arms
may be imparted to police force to combat terrorism.

The government needs to reduce its
dependence on the use of military force to address internal security issues, and
should enhance the capacity of paramilitary forces i.e. rangers, the frontier
corps and other law enforcement agencies. This has to be taken in view of the
high number of casualties incurred during operational attacks in the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. A better coordination among various agencies and law
enforcement departments is also advocated.

The government and media are required
to create more space for cultural and social activities, provide healthy
facilities for the youth, and ascertain proper usage of funds allocated for
youth and cultural growth.

Reconciliation and confidence building
process in Balochistan should immediately be expedited and action plans must
take place to remove the genuine grievances of the Balochis.

The proposals of Balochistan on
resource distribution and gas development must be settled once for all. More
development funds, especially for better health and education, must be
allocated.

Temporary rehabilitation facilities for
the resettled IDPs in their areas must be provided and the process of developing
permanent facilities be accelerated. Special counterinsurgency contingents of
paramilitary should be raised. Physical infrastructure including road and
bridges in inaccessible affected areas must be constructed.

Peace in the city of Karachi should be
restored on priority basis. Karachi contributes 67 percent in national revenue
and 25 to 35 percent in national GDP. The city's business community suffers a
loss of Rs4 billion to Rs5 billion per day due to strikes.